Things to do in Recife

24 activities, venues and outings in Recife, from theatres and live music to parks and tours.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Abril Pro Rock
Two-day rock music festival established in 1993, described as one of the largest independent rock festivals in Brazil. The last event took place in April 2024. Because of a lack of funds it will not be held in 2025.
Every April
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Carnaval Recife
Recife's Carnaval is one of the country's busiest. The Galo da Madrugada parade known for the huge rooster statue which is paraded around, takes place on Saturday morning of the Carnaval and is the largest in the world with 2.5 million participants in 2013. The Carnaval in Recife different from its carioca counterpart, here street shows and parades play contagious rhythms like frevo and maracatu, attracting more than 1.6 million people to celebrate and dance on the streets every year. Apart from frevo and maracatu, two other cultural manifestations that are typical of Pernambucan Carnaval include bumba-meu-boi and caboclinho. Recife's Carnaval is known for being multicultural, as people from different cultures, ages and likes gather around to be part of one of the biggest carnavals of the world.
yearly, next event 27 February-5 March 2025
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Festival de São João
Music festival taking place around the city for much of the month of June. Yearly celebration of nordestino culture, with loads of traditional music and food.
June
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Scuba diving
Recife is known as Brazil's shipwreck capital: more than 100 ships have sunk in the coast around the city, 15 of which are accessible to tourists. Together with the natural coral reefs, they make the coast of Recife a great spot for scuba diving.
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Agenda de Eventos do Recife
Daily, 16:00 and 20:00. Tour last 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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Catamaran Rides in the Capibaribe River
Catamaran Tours, Cais das Cinco Pontas
Tour lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes.
16:00 and 20:00 daily
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Cine Rosa e Silva
Executive Trade Center, Avenida Rosa e Silva, 1460, Aflitos, Zona Norte
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Cinema São Luiz
Boa Vista
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Cineteatro José Carlos Cavalvante Borges
Cine FUNDAJ
Derby (Zona Norte).
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Multiplex Shopping Tacaruna
Shopping Center Tacaruna, Avenida Agamenon Magalhães, 153, Santo Amaro, Centro/Zona Norte
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Panorama flight
NVO Táxi Aéreo, Aeroclube de Pernambuco
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Santa Isabel Theater
Praça da República
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Teatro Apolo
Rua do Apolo, 121
$12
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Teatro Armazém 14
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Teatro Barreto Júnior
Rua Estudante Jeremias Bastos, 121
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Teatro Clênio Vanderley
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Teatro Hermilo Borba Filho
Rua do Apolo, 121
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Teatro Joaquim Cardozo
Rua Benfica, 157
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Teatro Maurício de Nassau
Rua Vigário Tenório, 135/143
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Teatro SESC Casa Amarela
Teatro Capiba
Rua Professor José dos Anjos, 1109
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Teatro SESC Santo Amaro
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Teatro da Ribalta
Rua das Pernambucanas, 65
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Theater
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Valdemar de Oliveira Theater
Praça Oswaldo Cruz, 412

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Recife (CC BY-SA 4.0).